Judges 18:22:12Judg.18.22.W12TAB
וַיַּדְבִּ֖יקוּ
vayadbiku
“and they overtook”
- Transliteration
- va-yad-bi-KU
- Extended
- vah-yahd-bih-KOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jadb.biˈquː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they overtook
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yad-bi-KU
- clause
ve-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER ba-ba-TIM a-SHER im-BET mi-KHA niz-e-a-KU va-yad-bi-KU et-be-NE-dan
- sentence
HE-ma hir-khi-KU mi-BET mi-KHA ve-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER ba-ba-TIM a-SHER im-BET mi-KHA niz-e-a-KU va-yad-bi-KU et-be-NE-dan
Exegesis
The nifal perfect niz’aku {נִזְעֲקוּ | nizʿăqû} ‘they cried out’ indicates a collective summons, leading into the vav consecutive va-yadbiku {וַיַּדְבִּ֖יקוּ | wayyaḏbîqû} ‘and they overtook,’ which foregrounds the action on et-benei-Dan {אֶת־בְּנֵי־דָן | ʾet-benê-Dān} ‘sons of Dan.’ This structure delays the direct object to emphasize the pursuit and employs relative clauses for geographic nuance.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–dalet
“hand, power”
In context — Judges 18:22
When they had moved away from the house of Micah, the men who dwelt in the dwellings near Micah’s household cried out, and they overtook the sons of Dan .
About this coordinate
Judges 18:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 18:22, so the Hebrew word וַיַּדְבִּ֖יקוּ (vayadbiku) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Judg.18.22.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.22.W12.S1) and character.